TWO GRAND 

 WINTER WHEATS 



Rural New Yorker 



BEARDED 

 AND BEARDLESS 



These are both the result of upwards of twenty years' thoroughly 

 scientific crossing and careful selection at the hands of the late Mr. 

 E. S. Carman, the well-known editor of the Rural New Yorker, and 

 raiser of many of the most valuable agricultural introductions of 



recent years. These two varieties have been selected from hundreds 

 of crosses and varieties as superior in all desirable qualities. They 

 have now been grown in most wheat-growing sections, and most 

 nattering testimony has been received by us regarding their merits. 



BEARDLESS RURAL NEW YORKER WHEAT. 



has heavily-bearded heads which are beautifully symmet- 

 rical, being pointed at the tip, broad in the middle, and 

 tapering toward the stem. The straw is unusually tall 

 and strong and stools freely, frequently having 35 to 40 

 stalks from a single grain. The heads are compact, 

 averaging three kernels to a spikelct or "breast," and ten 

 breasts to a side. The kernels are of medium size and 

 of an attractive color, between the so-called "red" and 

 amber, possessing the requisite degree of hardness for the 

 production of the finest grade of flour, and is much sought 

 after by millers. The chaff is clear white, with a trace of 

 velvet sufficient to make it difficult for the green fly to 

 attack it, and the heads do not mildew as the full velvet 

 chaff varieties are liable to do. {See cut. ) 



Price, $2.50 per bushel ; 10-bushel lots, $2.40 per bushel. 



"Beardless" 

 Rural New Yorker 



(NUMBER 6) 



This beardless variety is a hybrid between Rye and 

 Armstrong Wheat, though all traces of Rye have disap- 

 peared and it now appears a handsome, beardless Wheat. 

 It succeeds and produces heavy crops on poor, thin land, 

 where Wheat could not be successfully or profitably grown 

 and it also has extreme hardiness to recommend it. When 

 first raised, some years ago, the top of the culms was downy 

 with Rye culms. This characteristic could not be fixed, so 

 that for this variety the culms having no down were alone 

 selected. The gold-colored straw is very thick and strong, 

 easily supporting the heavy grain without breaking. The 

 large amber kernels are placed four to a breast, eight 

 breasts to a side, with long symmetrical heads having a 

 brown shaff. (See cut.) One of our growers says: 



"It stools as strong as any wheat I ever saw. It had 

 a vigorous, healthy growth all the season, and stood well 

 without lodging. It is very hardy." 



Price, $2.50 per bushel; 10-bushel lots, $2.40 per bushel. 



Henderson's Superior Seeds are procurable only from us direct — we do not supply through dealers 



